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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
912 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR ASTOR AFFECTING VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES.
.PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE CAUSED RIVER LEVELS ON THE ST JOHNS
AT ASTOR TO RISE INTO MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO
CLIMB SLOWLY THROUGH MODERATE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE END OF THIS
WEEK. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LEVELS TO APPROACH MAJOR FLOOD STAGE
NEXT WEEK AFTER NORTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASE AGAIN.
FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER...INCLUDING ASTOR...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
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912 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR ASTOR.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 3.5 FEET, CANALS HAVE OVERFLOWED INTO YARDS. HOMES ON
OR NEAR WILDHOG AND BONNET ROADS BECOME INACCESSIBLE WITH SEVERAL
INCHES OF WATER INSIDE HOMES ALONG THE RIVER AND CANALS. DOCKS AT
ASTOR BRIDGE MARINA AND THROUGHOUT ASTOR ARE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
BARTRAM RD AND HOLIDAY CIRCLE ARE INACCESSIBLE WITH YARDS
COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. CLAIR STREET IS INACCESSIBLE. ROADS FLOODED
IN SOUTH MOON FISH CAMP, DOCKS AND YARDS AT CONDOMINIUMS ON JUNO
TRAIL AND WATER BREACHES THE SEA WALL AT BLAIR'S JUNGLE DEN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 2.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:30 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 3.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 3.5 FEET EARLY THIS
WEEK FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF PERSISTENT NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 2.3 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2908 8150 2932 8169 2935 8157 2910 8142
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